Leaks and whistleblowers

June 10, 2013

As a vast NSA phone data collection program has been leaked, let's look back major leaks and whistle blowers.

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Whistle blower protections

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Ernest Fitzgerald, right, was a management systems deputy, Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Financial Management and Comptroller when he disclosed a series of hidden cost overruns in the development of the C-5 Galaxy transport plane. Fitzgerald was fired in 1973 by President Nixon, but later fought to get his job back.

Fitzgerald became a poster boy for whistle blowers and his efforts help lead to federal whistle blower protections.

Karl Schumacher/File

Whistle blower protections

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Ernest Fitzgerald, right, was a management systems deputy, Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Financial Management and Comptroller when he disclosed a series of hidden cost overruns in the development of the C-5 Galaxy transport plane. Fitzgerald was fired in 1973 by President Nixon, but later fought to get his job back.

Fitzgerald became a poster boy for whistle blowers and his efforts help lead to federal whistle blower protections.